Nuno Lopes character Sargento Francisco Xavier
Soraia Chaves character Martírio
Marisa Paredes character D. Filipa Sanches
John Malkovich character General Wellington
Carloto Cotta character Tenente Pedro de Alencar
Victoria Guerra character Clarissa
Marcello Urgeghe character Major Jonathan Foster
Jemima West character Maureen
Afonso Pimentel character Zé Maria
Miguel Borges character Manuel Penabranca
Mathieu Amalric character Barão Marbot
Melvil Poupaud character Marechal Massena
Filipe Vargas character Vicente de Almeida
Adriano Luz character Bordalo
João Arrais character Idiot
Elsa Zylberstein character Irmã Cordélia
Vincent Perez character Lévêque
Albano Jerónimo character Abade
Gonçalo Waddington character Zanaga / Espião
Catherine Deneuve character Severina
Isabelle Huppert character Cosima Pia
Michel Piccoli character Leópold Scheitzer
Chiara Mastroianni character Hussardo
Malik Zidi character Octave Ségur
Maria João Bastos character Maria de Jesus Almeida
Joana de Verona character Brites
Victor Gonçalves character Ajudante
Pedro Lacerda character Soldado Francês
Ricardo Aibéo character Sentinela
Miguel Monteiro character Capitão Saavedra
Elmano Sancho character Soldado Francês
Manuel Wiborg character Ti Miguel
Paulo Pires character Alberto
Dmitry Bogomolov character Polaco